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22/05/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

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“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
― Paulo Coelho

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13/05/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

5 Key Elements In Setting Powerful Goals

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OK, so you’ve set some goals for yourself, but are they powerful ones?  Are they ones that wake you with a sense of anticipation to get moving?  Are they ones that will grow you in ways that support you?

5 Key Elements In Setting Powerful Goals

To get yourself on the right track for having powerful goals, here are five important elements which are essential for achieving your goals:

  1. Direction – Have a clear vision of your goals, including where you are going and what the end result will be.   You also need to be clear on your core values so that you can ensure that your vision is in alignment what is most important to you.
  2. Inspiration & Motivation – Understand  what your purpose in achieving the goal is.  What is your big “why”?  This component is the life-blood and juice for driving you to take action, especially when things get uncomfortable.
  3. Mindset – Re-assess you mindset for the goal ahead.  To get some where you haven’t been before, you will have to do some different things.  If you have a fixed view-point and an unwillingness to adapt and change, then you will struggle to achieve new levels of results.  You will need to retraining your mind to implement new habits to support your desired goals.
  4. Education – Ignorance is not bliss.  If you want to succeed in achieving your goals, you will need to gain new knowledge.  Your education will include such things as foundations and frameworks to build; strategies to develop and apply; tools and resources; and, new habits and systems of operating to support your specific goals.
  5. Alignment – Your results are a direct reflection of the way you think, feel and act.  In order to achieve e results you desire and attract opportunities to support your goals, your thoughts, feelings and actions need to be in alignment with one another.  If there is misalignment between them, you will experience conflict, stress and inconsistent results.  Undertake the inner and outer work to bring your thoughts, feelings and actions into alignment, so that you can begin to flow and attract opportunities to create successful outcomes.

Your ability to set powerful goals, achieve them successfully and live the life you desire is influenced by these five key elements. Take some time to make sure your goals have incorporate these elements.  If not, it’s well worth investing time to tweak them so that they do.

Need some assistance with setting powerful goals and achieving them? If so I’d love to help, so please make contact so we can discuss options for stepping forward.

What are your thoughts on this topic?  Please share your insights below.

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08/05/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

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― Nelson Mandela

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06/05/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

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The U.S. senator and onetime prisoner of war John McCain defined courage as a brief, singular occurrence: “that rare moment of unity between conscience, fear, and action, when something deep within us strikes the flint of love, of honor, of duty, to make the spark that fires our resolve.”

I both agree and disagree with this statement.

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The part I agree with, is that courage is a moment of unity between conscience, fear and action … that fires our resolve”.  It’s a moment where you choose [Read more…]

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01/05/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

Discouraged By Other People’s Negative Beliefs?

Have you ever felt discouraged by the negative beliefs and comments of others –  about your ability to achieve your goals and dreams?  Did you have the courage to keep going? Or did you give up?

No matter what other’s believe, I encourage you to have the courage to go for it!  Believe in yourself and keep striving to fine the pathways, tools and people etc who can help you to increase your capacity to successfully achieve your dreams.

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Here is a short inspirational video showing a number of famous people who had the courage to ignore the negative beliefs of others, and to follow their goals and dreams.

What goals, dreams and aspirations are yearning to achieve?  Have the courage to take action today so that you can bring your dreams alive!

Please share your thoughts on this topic.  Thanks for visiting today.

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